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Economy & business fact checks
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PolitiFactEconomy & business
Goodwill used the pandemic “to fire all of their employees instead of laying them off.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"Biden's plan is a 14% tax hike on middle class families."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Gov. Ron DeSantis "passed the largest corporate subsidies in Florida history for Disney."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly accurate
Washington PostEconomy & business
“Median household income under eight years of Obama was up $975. That’s eight years. Under eight years of President Bush — we had President Obama, $975. President Bush, $400. Eight years, eight years, $400, $975. Me, two and a half years, it’s up $7,000. $5,000 plus $2,000 for the tax cut that everybody got.”
Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Kroger stores are charging a “BLM charge.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgEconomy & business
U.S. government is sending out weekly checks to citizens to blunt economic impact of coronavirus, and claim forms are available now.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Washington PostEconomy & business
“We were having extraordinary growth. We were creating growth that would pay down the debt over time.”
Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Says Walmart is "one of the largest sellers of assault-style weapons."
Publisher’s rating: False
Maldita.esEconomy & business
Correos está redondeando sus precios para comprar mascarillas para sus trabajadores
Publisher’s rating: Falso
FactCheck.orgEconomy & business
"Are you aware that Progressive Insurance is owned by Peter Lewis who donates millions to the ACLU, the Democratic Party, MoveOn.org and is close friends with leftist George Soros?"
Publisher’s rating: Peter Lewis is dead
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.”
Publisher’s rating: True